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School: Tullycanna

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Tullycanna, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Tomás de Buitléir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0876, Page 134

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    In olden days a widow and her three sons lived in the Wicklow mountains in a small cabin. These boys were very lazy. They lay around the cabin fire until they were young men, Jim, Tom and Jack O'Sullivan.
    One day the three said they would go seek their fortune. They dug a well in the garden. The water in this well was to turn bloody when anything would happen them.
    When Jim was starting his mother asked him which was it the cake of bread or her blessing he would take. He said he would take
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    History Edit
    Folktales index
    AT1000: Bargain Not to Become Angry
    AT1062: Throwing the Stone
    AT1088: Eating Contest
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Aidan Doran
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Tullycanna, Co. Wexford
    Informant
    Aidan Doran
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    c. 50
    Address
    Tullycanna, Co. Wexford